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==Events==
==Events==
* [[January 14]]: A fire broke out on [[2nd Avenue North]], damaging the [[Molton Building]] and causing flooding in the adjacent [[Bell Building]], resulting in a city-wide telephone outage for nearly two weeks.
* [[February 3]]: [[William H. Sims]] gave his address, "Why Not Woman's Suffrage in Alabama?" to the [[Quid pro Quo Club]].  
* [[February 3]]: [[William H. Sims]] gave his address, "Why Not Woman's Suffrage in Alabama?" to the [[Quid pro Quo Club]].  
* Spring: The [[1912 West End tornado]] pulled up fences at [[Rickwood Field]].
* Spring: The [[1912 West End tornado]] pulled up fences at [[Rickwood Field]].
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* [[Birmingham Lodge No. 757]] was chartered by the [[Grand Lodge of Alabama]].
* [[Birmingham Lodge No. 757]] was chartered by the [[Grand Lodge of Alabama]].
* The [[Brookside Social Club]] was founded.
* The [[Brookside Social Club]] was founded.
* The [[Birmingham City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs]] was organized.


===Business===
===Business===
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* [[Henry Milner]] organized the [[Milner Land Company]].
* [[Henry Milner]] organized the [[Milner Land Company]].
* The [[Great Southern Automobile Company]] opened sales rooms in the [[Empire Building]].
* The [[Great Southern Automobile Company]] opened sales rooms in the [[Empire Building]].
* The [[American Steel and Wire Company]] opened a plant in [[Fairfield]].
* The [[Young & Vann Supply Company]] moved into the [[Young & Vann Building|Anheuser-Busch Distribution Warehouse]] on [[1st Avenue North]].
* The [[Young & Vann Supply Company]] moved into the [[Young & Vann Building|Anheuser-Busch Distribution Warehouse]] on [[1st Avenue North]].
* The [[Jemison Real Estate & Insurance Company]] remodeled the ground floor of the [[Fox Building]] as a public market hall.
* The [[Jemison Real Estate & Insurance Company]] remodeled the ground floor of the [[Fox Building]] as a public market hall.
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* [[American Printing Co.]] opened.
* [[American Printing Co.]] opened.
* The [[Birmingham-Tidewater Railway|Birmingham, Tidewater & Coast Railroad]] was organized.
* The [[Birmingham-Tidewater Railway|Birmingham, Tidewater & Coast Railroad]] was organized.
* The [[Harris Transfer Company]] began operating motorized moving vans.
* [[White Dairy]] was founded.


=== Education ===
=== Education ===
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* The [[Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College|Birmingham Baptist College]] was rechartered under the [[Colored Baptist Educational Association]] and moved to [[Powderly]].
* The [[Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College|Birmingham Baptist College]] was rechartered under the [[Colored Baptist Educational Association]] and moved to [[Powderly]].
* Methodist-Episcopal pastor [[William Simmons]] was suspended for inefficiency.
* Methodist-Episcopal pastor [[William Simmons]] was suspended for inefficiency.
* [[Edgewood Presbyterian Church]] was founded.
* A portion of the congregation of [[Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] merged with [[Rosedale Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] to form [[Edgewood Presbyterian Church]].
* [[Mountain Brook Methodist Church]] was founded in [[Crestline Village]].
* [[First Baptist Church of Sylacauga|Sylacauga Baptist Church]] changed its name to [[First Baptist Church of Sylacauga]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
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* [[Carlton Molesworth]]'s [[1912 Birmingham Barons]] won the [[Southern Association]] pennant.
* [[Carlton Molesworth]]'s [[1912 Birmingham Barons]] won the [[Southern Association]] pennant.
* [[Lonnie Noojin ]] succeeded [[John Longwell]] as coach of the [[Samford Bulldogs football|Howard Bulldogs]] football team.
* [[Lonnie Noojin ]] succeeded [[John Longwell]] as coach of the [[Samford Bulldogs football|Howard Bulldogs]] football team.
* [[Mike Donahue]] established a men's soccer program at the [[Auburn Tigers|Alabama Polytechnic Institute]] in [[Auburn]].


==Individuals==
==Individuals==
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* [[Kelly Ingram]] re-enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
* [[Kelly Ingram]] re-enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
* [[James Mitchell]] became president of [[Alabama Power Company]].
* [[James Mitchell]] became president of [[Alabama Power Company]].
* [[Lewis Morris]] succeeded [[Rhett Goode]] as dean of the [[Birmingham Medical College|Birmingham Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical College]].
* [[A. H. Parker]] resigned from the [[Alabama Penny Savings Bank]].
* [[A. H. Parker]] resigned from the [[Alabama Penny Savings Bank]].
* [[William Rushton, Sr]] was named president of the [[Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation]].
* [[William Rushton Sr]] was named president of the [[Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation]].
* [[Oscar Underwood]] declined nomination for Vice President of the United States.
* [[Oscar Underwood]] declined nomination for Vice President of the United States.
* [[Clement Wood]] was appointed an assistant City Attorney for Birmingham.
* [[Clement Wood]] was appointed an assistant City Attorney for Birmingham.
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===Births===
===Births===
* [[January 11]]: [[Hugh Stubbins, Jr]], architect
* [[January 11]]: [[Hugh Stubbins Jr]], architect
* [[January 12]]: [[Howard Bailey]], football player
* [[January 12]]: [[Howard Bailey]], football player
* [[January 13]]: [[George Gaunt]], architect
* [[January 13]]: [[George Gaunt]], architect
* [[January 15]]: [[Leon Medlock]], [[Birmingham Police Department]]
* [[January 15]]: [[Leon Medlock]], [[Birmingham Police Department]]
* [[February 25]]: [[Jim Hayes]], pitcher
* [[February 12]]: [[Paul Bascomb]], jazz saxophonist
* [[April 4]]: [[George Brownell, Jr]], president of [[Brownell Travel]]
* [[February 25]]: [[Millard Hayes]], pitcher
* [[March 3]]: [[Samuel Barker]], first dean of [[UAB Graduate School]]
* [[April 4]]: [[George Brownell Jr]], president of [[Brownell Travel]]
* [[April 16]]: [[Billy Edmundson]], president of [[Southern Toy Co.]]
* [[April 20]]: [[Helen Davis]], architect
* [[April 20]]: [[Helen Davis]], architect
* [[May 8]]: [[William Chambers]], architect
* [[May 10]]: [[Laurie Battle]], U.S. House of Representatives
* [[June 1]]: [[Little Man Popwell|Julius "Little Man" Popwell]], poker player
* [[June 1]]: [[Little Man Popwell|Julius "Little Man" Popwell]], poker player
* [[June 16]]: [[Dorothy Levy]], [[United Ability]] co-founder
* [[June 30]]: [[Mamie Foster]], educator
* [[June 30]]: [[Mamie Foster]], educator
* [[August 7]]: [[Tom Drake]], baseball player
* [[August 7]]: [[Tom Drake]], baseball player
* [[November 7]]: [[Joe Gunther]], professional wrestler and wrestling promoter
* [[December 23]]: [[John Monro]], professor at Harvard University and [[Miles College]]
* [[December 23]]: [[John Monro]], professor at Harvard University and [[Miles College]]
* [[James Bailey]], [[Mayor of Leeds]]
* [[James Bailey]], [[Mayor of Leeds]]
* [[Francis Falkenburg]], [[Alabama State House of Representatives|Alabama State Representative]] and manager of the [[Alabama Theatre]]
* [[Francis Falkenburg]], [[Alabama State House of Representatives|Alabama State Representative]] and manager of the [[Alabama Theatre]]
* [[Edward Friend, Jr]], attorney
* [[Edward Friend Jr]], attorney
* [[Dona Hardekopf]], actress and charity director
* [[Dona Hardekopf]], actress and charity director
* [[Herman Long]], social scientist, [[Talladega College]] and UNCF president
* [[Herbert Longenecker]], biochemist and Tulane University president
* [[Herbert Longenecker]], biochemist and Tulane University president
* [[W. C. Patton]], NAACP executive
* [[W. C. Patton]], NAACP executive
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===Graduations===
===Graduations===
* [[Henry Badham, Jr]] earned a degree from Yale University.
* [[Henry Badham Jr]] earned a degree from Yale University.
* [[John Persons]] graduated from the [[University of Alabama School of Law]].
* [[John Persons]] graduated from the [[University of Alabama School of Law]].


===Marriages===
===Marriages===
* [[August 7]]: [[Jack Bethea]] married [[Alice Bethea|Alice Sixbey]].
* [[August 7]]: [[Jack Bethea]] married [[Alice Bethea|Alice Sixbey]].
* [[December 12]]: Architect [[William Warren]] married the former [[Dorthea Warren|Dorthea Orr]].
* [[Mel Drennen]] married [[Eloise Drennen|Eloise August Johnson]] in New York City.
* [[Mel Drennen]] married [[Eloise Drennen|Eloise August Johnson]] in New York City.
* Aspiring architect [[Carolyn Smith|Carolyn Cortner]] married Wilburn Blanks Smith.
* Aspiring architect [[Carolyn Smith|Carolyn Cortner]] married Wilburn Blanks Smith.
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===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* [[January 14]]: [[J. F. B. Jackson]], business investor
* [[March 5]]: [[George Scoville]], hotelier
* [[August 13]]: 18 miners were killed in the [[1912 Abernant Mine explosion]].  
* [[August 13]]: 18 miners were killed in the [[1912 Abernant Mine explosion]].  
* [[September 4]]: [[William Mailly]], labor leader
* [[September 4]]: [[William Mailly]], labor leader
* [[October 8]]: [[Nelson Barker]], banker


==Works==
==Works==
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===Buildings===
===Buildings===
[[Image:Woodlawn Methodist 1920s.jpg|right|thumb|275px|[[Woodlawn United Methodist Church|Woodlawn Methodist Church]] was completed in 1912]]
[[Image:Woodlawn Methodist 1920s.jpg|right|thumb|275px|[[Woodlawn United Methodist Church|Woodlawn Methodist Church]] was completed in 1912]]
* The [[John A. Hand Building|American Trust and Savings Bank Building]] was completed downtown.
* [[John A. Hand Building|American Trust and Savings Bank Building]] at 2001 [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]]
* [[Bluff Park United Methodist Church]]'s frame building on [[Valley Street]] was constructed.
* [[Bluff Park United Methodist Church]]'s frame building on [[Valley Street]]
* [[Burnett Building]] at 1816–1818 [[2nd Avenue North (Downtown)|2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Edgewood Park]] and [[Edgewood Highlands]] subdivision
* [[Edgewood Park]] and [[Edgewood Highlands]] subdivision
* [[Ensley Christian Church]] was completed.
* [[Ensley Christian Church]] was completed.
* [[Forbes Piano Company]] store at 1914 [[4th Avenue North]]
* [[Forbes Building]] for [[Forbes Piano Company]] on [[4th Avenue North]]
* [[Graves Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]
* [[Graves Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]
* [[T. S. Jackson residence]]
* [[T. S. Jackson residence]]
* [[Kaulton]] mill town near [[Tuscaloosa]].
* [[Matsuyama]], the [[Louis Clark]] country estate in [[Chalkville]]
* [[Pell City High School]]
* [[Pell City High School]]
* [[Rehobeth Baptist Church of Lawley]]
* [[Rehobeth Baptist Church of Lawley]]
* [[The Richmond]] apartments on [[Highland Avenue]]
* [[Stewart Hall]] at [[Miles College]]
* [[Stewart Hall]] at [[Miles College]]
* Addition to the [[Summit School]] / [[Summit Baptist Church]] in [[Bluff Park]]
* [[Tuscaloosa Amtrak Station|Tuscaloosa Southern Railroad Depot]]
* [[Tuscaloosa Amtrak Station|Tuscaloosa Southern Railroad Depot]]
* [[Windham Building]] in [[Smithfield]]
* [[Windham Building]] in [[Smithfield]]
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* [[YWCA Birmingham]]
* [[YWCA Birmingham]]
* [[Tuscaloosa]]'s [[Greensboro Avenue]] was paved.
* [[Tuscaloosa]]'s [[Greensboro Avenue]] was paved.
* [[October 27]]: The cornerstone for the [[Convent of Perpetual Adoration]] and [[Blessed Sacrament Academy]] in [[West End]] was laid.


====Demolitions====
====Demolitions====
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==Context==
==Context==
The year 1912 saw the formal establishment of the Republic of China.  New Mexico became the 47th state; Arizona became the 48th.  Captain Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four became the second expeditionary group to reach the South Pole.  The Girl Scouts were founded by Juliette Gordon Low.  The Mayor of Tokyo gave 3,000 cherry trees to be planted in Washington, D.C.  The RMS ''Titanic'' sank, killing 1,517 passengers and crew.  The Olympic Games took place in Stockholm, Sweden. Emperor Meiji of Japan died and was succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who became Emperor Taishō. Woodrow Wilson defeated incumbent William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential election. The skull of paleoanthropological hoax Piltdown Man was presented to the Geological Society of London.
The year 1912 saw the formal establishment of the Republic of China.  New Mexico became the 47th state; Arizona became the 48th.  Captain Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four became the second expeditionary group to reach the South Pole.  The Girl Scouts were founded by Juliette Gordon Low.  The Mayor of Tokyo gave 3,000 cherry trees to be planted in Washington, D.C.  The RMS ''Titanic'' sank, killing 1,517 passengers and crew.  The Olympic Games took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The Novarupta volcano formed on the Alaska Peninsula. Emperor Meiji of Japan died and was succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who became Emperor Taishō. Woodrow Wilson defeated incumbent William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential election. The skull of paleoanthropological hoax Piltdown Man was presented to the Geological Society of London.


<!-- Notable fiction published in 1912 included
Notable fiction published in 1912 included ''The Lost World'' by Arthur Conan Doyle, ''Riders of the Purple Sage'' by Zane Grey, ''The Judgement'' by Franz Kafka, ''Death in Venice'' by Thomas Mann; ''Tarzan of the Apes'' by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and ''The Tale of Mr. Tod'' by Beatrix Potter.


Notable music released in 1912 included
Notable music released in 1912 included the premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's "Symphony No. 9" and the publication of W. C. Handy's "The Memphis Blues". Senator Elihu Root was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating the U.S. entry into World War I in opposition to the German Empire.


Notable births in 1912 included
Notable births in 1912 included actors Dale Evans, José Ferrer, Gene Kelly, Eleanor Powell, and Cornel Wilde; artist Jackson Pollock; cartoonists Charles Addams and Chuck Jones; Korean president  Kim Il-sung; figure skater Sonja Henie; first ladies Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon; golfer Sam Snead; humorist Minnie Pearl; mathematician Alan Turing; musicians John Cage, Perry Como, Woody Guthrie, Lightnin' Hopkins, Georg Solti, and Sonny Boy Williamson II; photographer Gordon Parks; Pope John Paul I; scientist Wernher von Braun; television host Art Linkletter; and writer Studs Terkel.


Deaths included those of -->
Deaths included those of activist William Booth; architects Frank Furness and Richard Norman Shaw; artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema; author Bram Stoker; aviator Wilbur Wright; French politician Henri Brisson; Japanese Emperor Meiji; nurse Clara Barton; surgeon Joseph Lister;


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[[Category:1912|*]]

Latest revision as of 16:53, 25 January 2024

1912 was the 41st year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Education

Government

Religion

Sports

Individuals

Births

Awards

Graduations

Marriages

Retirements

Deaths

Works

Buildings

Woodlawn Methodist Church was completed in 1912

Demolitions

Context

The year 1912 saw the formal establishment of the Republic of China. New Mexico became the 47th state; Arizona became the 48th. Captain Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four became the second expeditionary group to reach the South Pole. The Girl Scouts were founded by Juliette Gordon Low. The Mayor of Tokyo gave 3,000 cherry trees to be planted in Washington, D.C. The RMS Titanic sank, killing 1,517 passengers and crew. The Olympic Games took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The Novarupta volcano formed on the Alaska Peninsula. Emperor Meiji of Japan died and was succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who became Emperor Taishō. Woodrow Wilson defeated incumbent William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential election. The skull of paleoanthropological hoax Piltdown Man was presented to the Geological Society of London.

Notable fiction published in 1912 included The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey, The Judgement by Franz Kafka, Death in Venice by Thomas Mann; Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and The Tale of Mr. Tod by Beatrix Potter.

Notable music released in 1912 included the premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's "Symphony No. 9" and the publication of W. C. Handy's "The Memphis Blues". Senator Elihu Root was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating the U.S. entry into World War I in opposition to the German Empire.

Notable births in 1912 included actors Dale Evans, José Ferrer, Gene Kelly, Eleanor Powell, and Cornel Wilde; artist Jackson Pollock; cartoonists Charles Addams and Chuck Jones; Korean president Kim Il-sung; figure skater Sonja Henie; first ladies Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon; golfer Sam Snead; humorist Minnie Pearl; mathematician Alan Turing; musicians John Cage, Perry Como, Woody Guthrie, Lightnin' Hopkins, Georg Solti, and Sonny Boy Williamson II; photographer Gordon Parks; Pope John Paul I; scientist Wernher von Braun; television host Art Linkletter; and writer Studs Terkel.

Deaths included those of activist William Booth; architects Frank Furness and Richard Norman Shaw; artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema; author Bram Stoker; aviator Wilbur Wright; French politician Henri Brisson; Japanese Emperor Meiji; nurse Clara Barton; surgeon Joseph Lister;

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